Throughout the world, চরণ (Charan 
, চরণ) is a widespread predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The first name চরণ is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common primarily boy's, but scarcely feminine name, Kuwait, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Qatar. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and United Arab Emirates. Likewise, চরণ is the last name as well as the forename.